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Thornton Hough Contest

Sat 15 Aug 1891



Format: Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators: Joseph Owen Shepherd
Venue: Thornton Hall, Thornton Hough, Wirral

Position Band Conductor Music Points
1 Skelmersdale Old William Rimmer The Bohemian Girl [unknown arranger]
104
2 Oakland Street Wesleyan (Widnes) William Rimmer 100
3 Gossage's Soap Works John James Brady 99
4 Gleam of Sunshine Mr. Leddow 94
5 Warrington Catholic United T. Meredith 87
6 Birkenhead Borough Unknown 72
7 Birkenhead Mission Unknown 62

Garden Fete at Thornton Hall, home of the Lever family, owners of Port Sunlight, for their employees etc.
Prizes totalled £30
The adjudicator described Birkenhead Mission's performance as "the worst piece he had ever heard at a contest of the sort"!
7 bands competed.





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